Bill Text: MI HR0090 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to declare May 10, 2017, as Dutch-American Amity Day in the state of Michigan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-17 - Adopted [HR0090 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HR0090-Enrolled.html
Substitute for House Resolution No. 90
A resolution to declare May 10, 2017, as Dutch-American Amity Day in the state of Michigan.
Whereas, On April 19, 1782, 235 years ago, in the city of the Hague, the ambassadorial
credentials of John Adams were officially recognized by Prince William V. of Orange and the States-General, thus establishing formal diplomatic ties between the new government of the United States and the Republic of the Netherlands; and
Whereas, The historical ties between the Dutch and American people go back nearly 200 years earlier to the period when the Pilgrims resided for almost 11 years in the Netherlands before sailing to the new world; and
Whereas, The diplomatic ties between the governments of the United States and the Netherlands are the longest continuous ties between the United States and any country of the world; and
Whereas, The Dutch contribution to the American melting pot has played such a significant role in the life of America as exemplified by Presidents Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and
Whereas, The bonds of friendship linking the Dutch and American people continue to grow in strength and affection; and
Whereas, The heritage of this friendship between these people serves as an admirable example for the kinds of relations that should link all the peoples of the earth and should be properly extolled; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare May 10, 2017, as Dutch-American Amity Day in the state of Michigan. We commemorate the historic ties between the United States and the Netherlands.
